Questions for Callaway

[renaeden]

The culture of autism?

No way I will be going to see him anyway, it costs $375. I got sent a pamphlet about it in the mail.

[Callaway]

The culture of autism?

No way I will be going to see him anyway, it costs $375. I got sent a pamphlet about it in the mail.

Why do they make it so expensive to hear people speak?  It makes no sense to me.

I heard Temple Grandin for free.

[renaeden]

Some people charge a lot to hear them speak. I heard a talk by Wendy Lawson for free.
Here is what the pamphlet I got looks like:

[Tesla]

The culture of autism?

No way I will be going to see him anyway, it costs $375. I got sent a pamphlet about it in the mail.

Why do they make it so expensive to hear people speak?  It makes no sense to me.

I heard Temple Grandin for free.

On the Clinton's tax return:
President Clinton's Speech Income: $51,855,599

Almost a cool 52mil for speaking??!!  That's fucked up.

[Christopher McCandless]

The culture of autism?

No way I will be going to see him anyway, it costs $375. I got sent a pamphlet about it in the mail.

Why do they make it so expensive to hear people speak?  It makes no sense to me.

I heard Temple Grandin for free.

Because it can then be billed to companies as "training", and someone makes a lot of money.

[Calandale]

Because it can then be billed to companies as "training", and someone makes a lot of money.

Exactly. Sometimes, if you know someone,
you can get into these things for free. It's well
worth it, for companies to pay for this kind
of training. Or schools.

[Tesla]

Is it possible to make a pair of pants bigger... I have a sewing machine and pants that don't fit anymore. 

[Lucifer]

Is it possible to make a pair of pants bigger... I have a sewing machine and pants that don't fit anymore. 

[impersonation of callaway] can do if there's a reasonable seam allowance.  sew the seams close to the edge, tapering off down the leg - all seams: the one going round your bum from back to front; the ones going down each leg on the outside; and the one going round your crotch and down each leg on the inside - and then unpick the original seam and wash and iron them, to get out the original creases.  a stich/seam ripper is invaluable for undoing seams, and costs pennies.  of course seams on jeans are an effing nightmare to unpick, cos they're usually double-seamed.    [/impersonation of callaway]

(soz for being cheeky and answering, callaway, but my seamstress soul cried out to do so.  )

[Callaway]

Is it possible to make a pair of pants bigger... I have a sewing machine and pants that don't fit anymore. 

It depends on how big the seam allowances are and how the pants are made.  Some men's pants have a center seam through the waistband and a wider seam allowance at the center back to allow for easier alterations, so on these, you would take the waistband apart in the middle and rip out the center back seam and make the pants bigger there.   On some kinds of pants you could get as little more room by taking off the waistband and making narrower seams at all three seam allowances at the waist, if they are wider than they need to be, and then sewing the waistband back on and moving the button.  You could probably get away with a serged seam that is between an eighth of an inch wide and a quarter of an inch wide, if it is a pretty tight seam.

[Tesla]

Thank you to both Callaways. 

 

I'll take a look at them and see if I can do something.

[Parts]

I grew up in Alabama

Do you have a southern accent?

[DirtDawg]

I grew up in Alabama

Do you have a southern accent?

[Parts]

Some people go to great lengths to lose it I have known a few

[DirtDawg]

me too, but it never works.

[Callaway]

I grew up in Alabama

Do you have a southern accent?

I usually have a soft Southern accent, but if I go back home or talk to people from home, I have a more pronounced Southern accent, although not quite as pronounced as the Southern accent that I had while I was growing up.  I always had less of a Southern accent than the rest of my family and the other people around me; however, even when I was a child.